New Scout 2015 Rankings

[Dynasty]

Released today. Here are the players connected to UConn recently.

#1 - Diamond Stone

#6 - Malik Newman

#11- Carlton Bragg

#12 - Caleb Swanigan

#13 - Elijah Thomas

#15 - #19 (Allonzo Trier, Isaiah Briscoe, Jalen Brunson, Deng Adel)

#42 - Derrick Jones

#46 - Prince Ali

#53 - Bennie Boatwright

#54 - Jalen Adams

#61 - Steven Enoch

#90 - Josh Sharma

 

[superjohn]

My take away Diamond Stone is the #1 player in the class and we have a good shot at him, Jalen Adams is always criminally under-ranked and that's a pretty epic jump for Steven Enoch.

 

[husky91]

Where is Jackson again?

 

[Dynasty]

Where is Jackson again?

Not ranked.

 

[UChusky916]

Wow Enoch shot up. Glad we're in on him early. Looking good now let's land some.

 

[FASTEDDY]

Might Jackson be someone who we are recruiting over.
It'll be interesting to see what ends up happening with Jackson. His game seems to have fallen off a steep cliff, as has his national ranking, and we are getting stacked with guards and continue to recruits additional 1 and 2's. He may find it a better fit for playing time to go to another school.
Who knows? In HCKO I trust.

 

[HooperScooper]

Link to full rankings: http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=7...=2015#/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=4&cfg=bb&pid=88&yr=2015

Kind of surprised on the ranking for Jalen Adams on Scout and Rivals based upon his play this spring. I'm guessing they are looking at him as a 2 guard and knocking him down a few notches because of his size. For those that have seen him play, do you think he is a PG or a SG in college?

 

[rip7774]

Where is Jackson again?

Jackson or jAcKsON?

 

[partial]

I would love to get Adams i think he is going to be really big time.

 

[UconnU]

How is Trier not top 10? I don't get it. He's dominated the Nike circuit.

 

[FASTEDDY]

How is Trier not top 10? I don't get it. He's dominated the Nike circuit.

Sometimes even thought a guy dominates he cant move up into the stratosphere (Top 10) because the other guys are just too big time w/ national reps and they too have played really well and there just isn't room to bump them down. You can only reshuffle the deck chairs and not get rid of any. The order of the top 10 will move around and be re-shuffled but its frequently the same top elite guys and super tough to crack that list even though your play has been exceptional.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Might Jackson be someone who we are recruiting over.
It'll be interesting to see what ends up happening with Jackson. His game seems to have fallen off a steep cliff, as has his national ranking, and we are getting stacked with guards and continue to recruits additional 1 and 2's. He may find it a better fit for playing time to go to another school.
Who knows? In HCKO I trust.

My buddy and I were just talking about this. I'm sure that the school won't put any pressure on him to decommit and look elsewhere, but he's got to feel the wind changing, especially if we end up landing Newman. Realistically, though, I think if we hit the jackpot and get Newman/Stone, and add that to Enoch (I'd be shocked if we missed out on him, since he's a local kid, a noted fan, and he follows a lot of UConn twitter types), I'd have a hard time imagining another top guard jumping into that snakepit unless one of Purvis/Hamilton makes the jump early. That's a lot of talented perimeter talent, and there are plenty of good programs where guys like Trier, Briscoe, etc. wouldn't have to fight quite so hard for minutes. Adams would be a nice guy to slide into that spot, since he's not quite as highly-touted as the rest of that crew, though. At this point, I think a class of Newman, Stone, Enoch, and Adams would be pretty much perfect.

 

[James]

alot of their offer lists for prospects are off.

 

[Inyatkin]

If we have rules against transfer talk, does the same apply to commitments? Honest question.

 

[uconnbill]

Will Jackson is still a four star recruit on Scout, just not a top 100 player. He is 34th shooting guard and just behind the 33rd rated shooting guard who is ranked 99th.

 

[uconnbill]

If we have rules against transfer talk, does the same apply to commitments? Honest question.

I would say no. As a commitment means he is leaning to UCONN. But until they sign a letter of intent there free to sign with whoever they want

 

[Matrim55]

Jackson's going to be fine. Even if he comes in a step or two behind the rest of the class, KO will coach him up.

And I like having guys who will be around for four years.

 

[rip7774]

Jackson's going to be fine. Even if he comes in a step or two behind the rest of the class, KO will coach him up.

And I like having guys who will be around for four years.

Wasn't he a top 25-35 kid before injury? May be a bit rusty. I trust KO totally on this one.

 

[UConNick]

Wasn't he a top 25-35 kid before injury? May be a bit rusty. I trust KO totally on this one.

Try top 15. IIRC he was 12th in ESPN's Terrific 25 when they first started tracking the class of 2015 a couple years ago.

 

[CTBasketball]

Jackson plays in a very weak HS league. It may take him a few months to warm up to better competition.